[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31680-31681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13261]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-862]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Foundry Coke From the People's 
Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit of the preliminary results of 
the antidumping duty administrative review of foundry coke from the 
People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of foundry coke from the People's Republic of 
China.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Holton, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1324.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 3, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on foundry coke from the People's Republic of China. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 67 FR 
56267 (September 3, 2002). On September 30, 2002, Petitioners, ABC 
Coke, Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, Erie Coke Corporation, Sloss 
Industries Corporation, and Tonawanda Coke Corporation, requested the 
Department conduct an administrative review of sales of foundry coke 
from the PRC for the period March 8, 2001, through August 31, 2002. On 
October 24, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on subject 
merchandise by CITIC Trading Co., Ltd. for the period March 8, 2001, 
through August 31, 2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 67 FR 65336 (October 24, 
2002). The preliminary results of this administrative review are 
currently due no later than June 2, 2003.

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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within the statutory time limit of 245 days from 
the date on which the review was initiated. Due to the complexity of 
the issues, the Department requires additional time to fully develop 
the record with respect to factors of production information. 
Accordingly, the Department has determined that it is not practicable 
to complete this review within the original time period provided in 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations.
    Therefore, we are extending the due date for the preliminary 
results by 120 days, until no later than September 7, 2003. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 19, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-13261 Filed 5-27-03; 8:45 am]
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